The District 13-4A baseball and softball races get heated up this week. During spring break and right when everybody can pay attention to the action of the diamond after a stormy week of rain and wet fields.
The Sulphur Springs Wildcats and Lady Cats will both take to the road with key games set at Pine Tree in Longview. The Wildcats, 5-2 on the season, will take on Pine Tree at 6 p.m. The Pirates are 9-2 after 11 non-district games. The Wildcats (5-2) are a little rusty, unable to play or practice due to recent rains. The team was scheduled to compete in the Ennis tournament, but the event was washed out. Sulphur Springs head baseball coach Jerrod Hammack said his team was hitting at a .325 clip for the year. In other baseball news the Wildcat JV and ninth grade Wildcats were unable to play today due to a wet field. The Sulphur Springs Lady Cats have a busy week with three varsity softball district games on the schedule. They begin the action with a trip to Pine Tree today with the junior varsity game at 4:30 p.m. and the varsity to follow at 6 p.m. The softball diamond is at the junior high. The Lady Cats are 14-6 on the year, 1-0 in district while Pine Tree is 8-9-1 and 0-1 in district. Sulphur Springs also plays at home Wednesday against Hallsville with games set at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The Lady Cats host Longview Friday games are set at 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the high school softball diamond.